COVID-19 Update: 246 New Cases, 133 in Hospital, 387 Recoveries

Released on December 11, 2020

There are 246 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on December 11, 2020, bringing the provincial total to date to 11,475 cases.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (19), Far North Central (1), Far North East (13), North West (24), North Central (34), North East (9), Saskatoon (65), Central West (3), Central East (6), Regina (50), South West (1), South Central (7) and South East (14) zones and no (0) new cases have pending residence information.

Two cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North East and North Central zones.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 282 (23.3 new cases per 100,000 population).

Of the 11,475 reported cases, 4,547 are considered active.  A total of 6,853 people have recovered.

It is anticipated that the number of cases designated as “active” will decline as older cases are reviewed and potentially shifted to recovered status.  This work is ongoing.

One hundred and thirty-three people are in hospital.  One hundred and six people are receiving inpatient care: one in the Far North West, six in the North West, 16 in the North Central, two in the North East, 45 in Saskatoon, two in the Central East, 26 in Regina, one in the South West, one in the South Central and six in the South East zones.  Twenty-seven people are in intensive care: six in the North Central, 11 in Saskatoon, eight in Regina, one in the South West and one in the South Central zones.

Of the 11,475 cases in the province:

• 533 cases are travelers;
• 5,015 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 2,676 have no known exposures; and
• 3,251 are under investigation by local public health. 

Overall in Saskatchewan to date:

• 397 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances. 
• 2,402 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. 
• 4,037 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 3,013 are in the 40-59 age range; 1,529 are in the 60-79 age range; and 489 are in the 80-plus range. Confirmation of age is pending for five cases. 
• 50 per cent of the cases are female and 50 per cent are male. 
• 75 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date. 

Of 11,475 confirmed cases: 

• 3,436 cases are from the Saskatoon area
• 2,417 cases are from the north area (881 north west, 1,165 north central, 371 north east)
• 2,280 cases are from the Regina area
• 1,371 cases are from the south area (534 south west, 466 south central, 371 south east)
• 1,209 cases are from the far north area (746 far north west, 89 far north central, 374 far north east)
• 730 cases are from the central area (312 central west, 418 central east)
• 32 cases have pending residence information

To date, 379,378 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.  As of December 9, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 236,087 people tested per million population.  The national rate was 327,695 people tested per million population.

Yesterday, 3,497 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan.

Public Health Measures 

For more information on the current public health measures or to see the Public Health Order, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19. 

General COVID-19 Information

General public inquiries may be directed to COVID19@health.gov.sk.ca.

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For more information, contact:

Health
Regina
Phone: 306-787-4083
Email: media@health.gov.sk.ca